Review of Multibody Computer Codes for Vehicle System Dynamics: Problems, Requirements, Codes and Experiences with Benchmark Problems

This paper gives a review of multibody simulation software for vehicle system dynamics. Computer aided engineering has moved more strongly into vehicle system dynamics through the development of multibody computer codes. Available software packages are quite numerous and comparisons between them are difficult to make. The comparison problem is multi-objective and it is not feasible to establish the best in any overall sense. However, surveying and benchmarking appear to be useful for guiding decisions. For the covering abstract see IRRD 860691.